Top-15 Opponents Ahead for Softball Team in Arizona

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Two top-15 opponents and another close to the top 25 are on the docket for the Princeton softball team this weekend at Arizona State.

The Tigers will face Wisconsin and Arizona State Friday, Texas and Arizona State Saturday, and Wisconsin Sunday. Texas is ranked ninth in the latest USA Today/NFCA Coaches national poll and ASU is ranked 15th. Wisconsin is the fourth team out of the top 25. In the latest ESPN.com/USA Softball poll, Texas is ranked 10th, Arizona State is ranked 17th and Wisconsin is the first team out.

For the games against Arizona State, live stats links will be available here and video streaming will be available here.

A link for live stats for Friday's game against Wisconsin is available here.

Here's a look at the Tigers and their opponents for the weekend:

Princeton
Record: 1-3
Season so far: Princeton began the season last weekend at Liberty with an 8-0 win over Wright State before losses to Bucknell, Valparaiso and Liberty.
At the plate: Nine Tigers got hits on the season's opening weekend, including rookie Haley Hoffman homering in her first collegiate at-bat. Fellow rookie Ali Blanchard co-led the team with three hits alongside junior Megan Donahey.
In the circle: Four pitchers saw time last weekend with rookie Blanchard (9.2 IP) and sophomore Allie Reynolds (8.0 IP) throwing the most innings. Reynolds threw the shutout win over Wright State.

Wisconsin
Friday, 11:30 a.m. ET/9:30 a.m. MT; Sunday, 12 p.m. ET/10 a.m. MT
Record: 13-1
Season so far: The Badgers will roll into Tempe on a 10-game winning streak after playing the last three weekends in Texas, North Carolina and Texas again.
At the plate: Wisconsin is hitting .317 as a team with Kayla Konwent leading the way at .462 (18-39, 4 HR).
In the circle: Wisconsin's pitchers have a combined 1.30 ERA. Four pitchers have seen innings, but Haley Hestekin (6-1, 2.19) has thrown a team-high 38 1/3 innings.
Series vs. Princeton: Wisconsin has won all three meetings against the Tigers with those games taking place between 2008 and 2017.

#15/17 Arizona State
Friday, 4:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. MT; Saturday, 5 p.m. ET/3 p.m. MT
Record: 12-4
Season so far: This will be ASU's fourth weekend of play with two weekends at home along with a trip over to California. ASU has won four in a row after losses to Oklahoma State and Texas Tech to start last weekend's play in California.
At the plate: The Sun Devils are hitting .319 as a team with Skylar McCarty (.465, 20-43) leading the way.
In the circle: ASU's ERA is 3.43 with four pitchers getting innings so far. Samantha Mejia (7-1, 2.70) has thrown 46 2/3 of the team's 94 innings.
Series vs. Princeton: Princeton won the only meeting with ASU, in 2004.

#9/10 Texas
Saturday, 12 p.m. ET/10 a.m. MT
Record: 12-1 (entering Wednesday)
Season so far: The Longhorns have played two of the season's three weekends so far at home with another weekend in Florida. The team has a single game Wednesday against Houston Baptist.
At the plate: Texas is hitting .339 with Janae Jefferson leading with a .463 BA on 19 hits in her 41 at-bats.
In the circle: Texas' ERA is less than a run per game at 0.97 with four pitchers making up the 79 innings. Miranda Elish (4-0, 0.23) has thrown 31 of those innings.
Series vs. Princeton: The teams have not met.

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